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Tomo, while I understand your point, good - bad - better - worst are relative terms. The Sherman was the U.S. Army's MBT in WWII. As such it had to face the likes of the Panther, Tiger, and Konigtiger. Unfortunately there were no referees to call the match because of the unfairness of matching a medium against a heavy weight.
Therefore it is fair to see how they match-up against each other since in the real world they indeed match up against each other.
The Tigers were marvels of engineering but the time, energy, materials used up helped the Germans to loose the war not win it. If the Tiger/Sherman kill ratio was 1:20 the Tiger looses since the US could easily and quickly relace the 20 Shermans with 30 Shermans. Superior weapons cost the Germans the warf
So much has been said about Germany losing the war because of building the Tiger or Panther instead of a Sherman/T34 type tank. I have got to disagree with this thinking. It didn't matter if Germany built a Tiger or some sort of Sherman/T34, they were going to lose because they didn't have the raw material to build enough of anything. So lets say they build a cheaper easy to produce tank: Now instead of a 20-1 kill ratio the Tiger had(or whatever the Tiger to Sherman/T34 kill ratio was), they are back to exchanging tanks 1 for 1 with Shermans and T34's. That strategy wont work any better then the historical strategy did because they can't produce as many tanks as either the US or the USSR much less both of them together. Fact of the matter is, Germany was going to lose, it's what happens when you pick a fight with the entire freaking world and your country is half the size of Texas, oh except for those wonderful butt-kicking Italians, and the Japanese on the other side of the planet.
Originally Posted by Shortround6
From a model website;
"The iconic white degree markings around the turret were to aid in-direct fire from the landing craft. Each would hold four Centaurs, effectively operating as four gun turrets. The markings allowed the four 95mm howitzers to match bearings and fire at the same target – directed from one of the warships accompanying the landing craft so they could fire even if, as they tended to be during the landings, obscured by smoke."
There are some pictures that show several Centaurs on a road, all with the turret markings.